From: Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com>
To: Carlos Mennens <carloswill@gmail.com>
Cc: Mdadm <linux-raid@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: RAID Configuration For New Home Server
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 10:56:57 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <AANLkTikeEC7QrcWq7nw5HiKtITcnM4jxDzM1ohC2ux0Q@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTilamRIEvggIh7LX6sNNKwMJJVNK4gPuBQkGmkOv@mail.gmail.com>
On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 10:08 AM, Carlos Mennens <carloswill@gmail.com> wrote:
> I built a new home server this weekend & am ready to load my O.S.
> (Arch Linux) on it today. It has 4 x 320 GB Seagate Barracuda's
> (SATA). I don't really have a specific function of this server at home
> beyond holding my data reliably and decent read / write performance.
> My question to you experts is what do you recommend I configure for
> this particular configuration? Should I run RAID 5 or RAID 10? To
> spare or not to spare? I really appreciate any best suggestions for
> general over all function on this matter.
>
> -Carlos
I'm not an expert so take my input with a grain of salt but you don't
state how much space you need on the machine. Is 320GB enough? If so
consider a 3-drive RAID1 and save the 4th drive as a spare. That's
what I run using 3-drive 500GB WD drives. Works well over the last few
months.
Keep in mind that as a newbie, if you repeat any of my learning curve,
booting from RAID is more difficult. I chose to not use RAID for the
/boot sector and just duplicated the grub setup and kernel + grub
files. If my Drive 0 goes down and I cannot I can reset the boot drive
in BIOS and boot from the second or third drives.
Hope this helps,
Mark
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-06-01 17:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-06-01 17:08 RAID Configuration For New Home Server Carlos Mennens
2010-06-01 17:56 ` Mark Knecht [this message]
2010-06-01 22:59 ` Ryan Wagoner
2010-06-02 4:03 ` Leslie Rhorer
2010-06-02 6:08 ` Simon Matthews
2010-06-02 6:33 ` Leslie Rhorer
2010-06-02 7:51 ` tron
2010-06-02 14:24 ` Leslie Rhorer
2010-06-02 7:54 ` tron
2010-06-02 13:00 ` Carlos Mennens
2010-06-02 15:31 ` John Robinson
2010-06-05 17:45 ` Kristleifur Daðason
2010-06-05 17:19 ` Leslie Rhorer
2010-06-05 19:41 ` Mark Knecht
2010-06-05 23:56 ` Leslie Rhorer
2010-06-06 1:04 ` Keld Simonsen
2010-06-06 1:57 ` Simon Matthews
2010-06-06 2:01 ` Leslie Rhorer
2010-06-06 2:43 ` Mark Knecht
2010-06-06 5:19 ` Leslie Rhorer
2010-06-06 11:23 ` Leslie Rhorer
2010-06-06 14:56 ` Mark Knecht
2010-06-06 20:47 ` Leslie Rhorer
2010-06-06 14:50 ` Mark Knecht
2010-06-06 20:35 ` Leslie Rhorer
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